2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's Javelin Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
TRITrinidad and Tobago | Keshorn Walcott | 84.58 | |
UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | 84.51 | |
FINFinland | Antti Ruuskanen | 84.12 | |
| 4 | CZECzechia | Vítezslav Veselý | 83.34 |
| 5 | FINFinland | Tero Pitkämäki | 82.80 |
| 6 | NORNorway | Andreas Thorkildsen | 82.63 |
| 7 | GREGreece | Spirídon Lebésis | 81.91 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Tino Häber | 81.21 |
| 9 | NZLNew Zealand | Stuart Farquhar | 80.22 |
| 10 | JPNJapan | Genki Dean | 79.95 |
| 11 | FINFinland | Ari Mannio | 78.60 |
| 12 | KENKenya | Julius Yego | 77.15 |
| 13 | FIJFiji | Leslie Copeland | 80.19 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Roman Avramenko | 80.06 |
| 15 | BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Kazlou | 80.06 |
| 16 | CUBCuba | Guillermo Martínez | 80.06 |
| 17 | LATLatvia | Ainars Kovals | 79.19 |
| 18 | SWESweden | Kim Amb | 78.94 |
| 19 | POLPoland | Igor Janik | 78.90 |
| 20 | TURTürkiye | Fatih Avan | 78.87 |
| 21 | ESTEstonia | Risto Mätas | 78.56 |
| 22 | CANCanada | Curtis Moss | 78.22 |
| 23 | USAUnited States | Craig Kinsley | 78.18 |
| 24 | JPNJapan | Yukifumi Murakami | 77.80 |
| 25 | CZECzechia | Jakub Vadlejch | 77.61 |
| 26 | COLColombia | Dayron Márquez | 77.59 |
| 27 | AUSAustralia | Jarrod Bannister | 77.38 |
| 28 | POLPoland | Pawel Rakoczy | 77.36 |
| 29 | EGYEgypt | Ihab Abdelrahman | 77.35 |
| 30 | ARGArgentina | Braian Toledo | 76.87 |
| 31 | KORSouth Korea | Jung Sang-Jin | 76.37 |
| 32 | USAUnited States | Cyrus Hostetler | 75.76 |
| 33 | RUSRussia | Ilya Korotkov | 75.68 |
| 34 | CZECzechia | Petr Frydrych | 75.46 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Merv Luckwell | 74.09 |
| 36 | UZBUzbekistan | Ivan Zaytsev | 73.94 |
| 37 | USAUnited States | Sean Furey | 72.81 |
| 38 | LATLatvia | Vadims Vasilevskis | 72.81 |
| 39 | ARMArmenia | Melik Janoyan | 72.64 |
| 40 | SLOSlovenia | Matija Kranjc | 72.63 |
| 41 | CHNChina | Qin Qiang | 72.29 |
| 42 | POLPoland | Bartosz Osewski | 71.19 |
| 43 | GERGermany | Matthias De Zordo | NoM |
| 43 | LATLatvia | Zigismunds Sirmais | NoM |
| 99 | ESTEstonia | Tanel Laanmäe | |
| Men's Javelin Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | NORNorway | Andreas Thorkildsen | 84.47 |
| 2 | GREGreece | Spirídon Lebésis | 82.40 |
| 3 | NZLNew Zealand | Stuart Farquhar | 82.32 |
| 4 | FINFinland | Ari Mannio | 81.99 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Tino Häber | 80.39 |
| 6 | FIJFiji | Leslie Copeland | 80.19 |
| 7 | UKRUkraine | Roman Avramenko | 80.06 |
| 8 | BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Kazlou | 80.06 |
| 9 | CUBCuba | Guillermo Martínez | 80.06 |
| 10 | LATLatvia | Ainars Kovals | 79.19 |
| 11 | POLPoland | Igor Janik | 78.90 |
| 12 | ESTEstonia | Risto Mätas | 78.56 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Curtis Moss | 78.22 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Yukifumi Murakami | 77.80 |
| 15 | POLPoland | Pawel Rakoczy | 77.36 |
| 16 | EGYEgypt | Ihab Abdelrahman | 77.35 |
| 17 | USAUnited States | Cyrus Hostetler | 75.76 |
| 18 | RUSRussia | Ilya Korotkov | 75.68 |
| 19 | CZECzechia | Petr Frydrych | 75.46 |
| 20 | UZBUzbekistan | Ivan Zaytsev | 73.94 |
| 21 | LATLatvia | Vadims Vasilevskis | 72.81 |
| 22 | CHNChina | Qin Qiang | 72.29 |
| Men's Javelin Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | CZECzechia | Vítezslav Veselý | 88.34 |
| 2 | NORNorway | Andreas Thorkildsen | 84.47 |
| 3 | FINFinland | Tero Pitkämäki | 83.01 |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | 82.72 |
| 5 | GREGreece | Spirídon Lebésis | 82.40 |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Stuart Farquhar | 82.32 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Genki Dean | 82.07 |
| 8 | FINFinland | Ari Mannio | 81.99 |
| 9 | KENKenya | Julius Yego | 81.81 |
| 10 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Keshorn Walcott | 81.75 |
| 11 | FINFinland | Antti Ruuskanen | 81.74 |
| 12 | GERGermany | Tino Häber | 80.39 |
| 13 | FIJFiji | Leslie Copeland | 80.19 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Roman Avramenko | 80.06 |
| 15 | BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Kazlou | 80.06 |
| 16 | CUBCuba | Guillermo Martínez | 80.06 |
| 17 | LATLatvia | Ainars Kovals | 79.19 |
| 18 | SWESweden | Kim Amb | 78.94 |
| 19 | POLPoland | Igor Janik | 78.90 |
| 20 | TURTürkiye | Fatih Avan | 78.87 |
| 21 | ESTEstonia | Risto Mätas | 78.56 |
| 22 | CANCanada | Curtis Moss | 78.22 |
| 23 | USAUnited States | Craig Kinsley | 78.18 |
| 24 | JPNJapan | Yukifumi Murakami | 77.80 |
| 25 | CZECzechia | Jakub Vadlejch | 77.61 |
| 26 | COLColombia | Dayron Márquez | 77.59 |
| 27 | AUSAustralia | Jarrod Bannister | 77.38 |
| 28 | POLPoland | Pawel Rakoczy | 77.36 |
| 29 | EGYEgypt | Ihab Abdelrahman | 77.35 |
| 30 | ARGArgentina | Braian Toledo | 76.87 |
| 31 | KORSouth Korea | Jung Sang-Jin | 76.37 |
| 32 | USAUnited States | Cyrus Hostetler | 75.76 |
| 33 | RUSRussia | Ilya Korotkov | 75.68 |
| 34 | CZECzechia | Petr Frydrych | 75.46 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Merv Luckwell | 74.09 |
| 36 | UZBUzbekistan | Ivan Zaytsev | 73.94 |
| 37 | USAUnited States | Sean Furey | 72.81 |
| 38 | LATLatvia | Vadims Vasilevskis | 72.81 |
| 39 | ARMArmenia | Melik Janoyan | 72.64 |
| 40 | SLOSlovenia | Matija Kranjc | 72.63 |
| 41 | CHNChina | Qin Qiang | 72.29 |
| 42 | POLPoland | Bartosz Osewski | 71.19 |
| 99 | GERGermany | Matthias De Zordo | NoM |
| 99 | LATLatvia | Zigismunds Sirmais | NoM |
| Men's Javelin Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Keshorn Walcott | 84.58 |
| 2 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | 84.51 |
| 3 | FINFinland | Antti Ruuskanen | 84.12 |
| 4 | CZECzechia | Vítezslav Veselý | 83.34 |
| 5 | FINFinland | Tero Pitkämäki | 82.80 |
| 6 | NORNorway | Andreas Thorkildsen | 82.63 |
| 7 | GREGreece | Spirídon Lebésis | 81.91 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Tino Häber | 81.21 |
| 9 | NZLNew Zealand | Stuart Farquhar | 80.22 |
| 10 | JPNJapan | Genki Dean | 79.95 |
| 11 | FINFinland | Ari Mannio | 78.60 |
| 12 | KENKenya | Julius Yego | 77.15 |
| Men's Javelin Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | CZECzechia | Vítezslav Veselý | 88.34 |
| 2 | FINFinland | Tero Pitkämäki | 83.01 |
| 3 | UKRUkraine | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | 82.72 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Genki Dean | 82.07 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Julius Yego | 81.81 |
| 6 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Keshorn Walcott | 81.75 |
| 7 | FINFinland | Antti Ruuskanen | 81.74 |
| 8 | SWESweden | Kim Amb | 78.94 |
| 9 | TURTürkiye | Fatih Avan | 78.87 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Craig Kinsley | 78.18 |
| 11 | CZECzechia | Jakub Vadlejch | 77.61 |
| 12 | COLColombia | Dayron Márquez | 77.59 |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Jarrod Bannister | 77.38 |
| 14 | ARGArgentina | Braian Toledo | 76.87 |
| 15 | KORSouth Korea | Jung Sang-Jin | 76.37 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Merv Luckwell | 74.09 |
| 17 | USAUnited States | Sean Furey | 72.81 |
| 18 | ARMArmenia | Melik Janoyan | 72.64 |
| 19 | SLOSlovenia | Matija Kranjc | 72.63 |
| 20 | POLPoland | Bartosz Osewski | 71.19 |
| 99 | GERGermany | Matthias De Zordo | NoM |
| 99 | LATLatvia | Zigismunds Sirmais | NoM |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
USA | 40 |
CHN | 40 |
JPN | 20 |
USA | 44 |
CHN | 27 |
FRA | 26 |
USA | 42 |
GBR | 29 |
CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5
Huske - 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Marchand | 4 |
Huske | 3 |
O'Callaghan | 3 |
Smith | 3 |
Huske | 2 |
Walsh | 2 |
Yufei | 5 |
Junxuan | 3 |
McKeown | 2 |
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